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Tory threat to leave EU

Jeremy Hunt accused the German chancellor and other EU leaders of “cowardice”

ANGELA MERKEL “has to deliver real change” to Britain’s relationship with
Brussels or the UK will leave the European Union, a senior cabinet minister
has warned.

Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, accused the German chancellor and other EU
leaders of “cowardice” for ramming through the appointment of Jean-Claude
Juncker as president of the European Commission after initially opposing
him.

Hunt’s warning came as David Cameron prepared to hold crunch talks with
Juncker by telephone in the “next few days” to spell out his plans for
renegotiating links with the EU. British sources in Brussels say Cameron
will tell Juncker that giving more power to national parliaments is a
central demand of the prime

minister’s strategy before an in/out referendum in 2017, along with completing
the single market in digital services. He will also demand one of the top
three economic portfolios in the new commission: the single market,
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